I have Pergo floors, can I use the Shark lift-away on the lowest setting without doing damage to the floors?
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Yes. I have mostly hardwood in my home and it's great. But, as I mentioned in my review, I don't like the new shag style floor pads as well as the old quilt textured pads. The new ones leave marks on my floor so I immediatly wipe the floors down with a towel. It takes a little bit more time but it's pretty easy since the Shark doesn't leave a lot of water on the floors anyway.
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YES, I have PERGO floors, and I love my Shark. It really heats the water and is so easy to use, I love it!!!
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I was assured by the salesman -- who also has had personal experience using the Shark in his home -- that it is OK to use on natural stone floors, so I have used it once on our new slate-type bathroom floors and it seems to work fine. I plan to continue to using it. That's all I can tell you at this point.
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Yes, you can set it for bare floors or for carpet and also for low pile carpet, deep pile, smooth or curtains. What I like most about is is the maneuverability.
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On my version of the vacuum, there is a carpet adjustment knob on the housing above the beater bar location. I don't see it on the vacuum that is in the product illustrations, but it is there on mine. There is no bare floor setting but there are five carpet level settings. It works reasonably well on bare floors on the lowest carpet setting. (Not perfect, but I think acceptably well.)
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I wouldn't. Shark makes a wood and hard floor cleaner too. It is green in color. That's your best bet
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Yes. It will damage the floor. Not significantly but it would damage the floor.
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I don't remember the advice on the packaging, but I wouldn't take a chance using the pad on a nice Pergo-type floor. In all the years I've kept house, I've never found anything better than a traditional string mop and bucket for cleaning floors--even though it requires more effort. Sorry nothing easier or more efficient has been invented!
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I don't use my Shark Steamer Pocket for the floor. I use my Shark Steamer floor cleaner which does a great job without any streaks. Perhaps your leaving a trail of water when you overlap the rows?
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The pads are separate from the lifter or slider. Yes, they can be used on hardwood floors. The problem that I found with the easy lifter is that it is impossible to slide the lifter under most furniture because the furniture rests on the floor. In most cases, it is necessary to lift the furniutre in order to slide the lifter under it. This defeats the purpose of the lifter.
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If there were instructions that said not to, I missed them. I have been using it on carpeted office floors since I purchased it. No problems with that, so far. The heated part is raised and doesn't make direct contact with the floor. Hope this helps!
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I would say no, You have to pick up the spa to slide the plate under it, only way to do it while its full would be with a forklift or furniture dolly, and I don't think either would be recommended, you could damage your spa. I ordered mine just before my scheduled time to drain and refill my spa so it wasn't a big deal.
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I have the model 41a. You are able to switch from carpet to bare floors. The carpet setting has bristles but I do not think they would damage the floor any more than a hand broom would. The bare floors setting has no bristles.
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I've had no problems with it so far. Initially I used the low setting because I was afraid of scorching my floors. It worked well on our high-finish oak. We've since moved and I've used it on higher quality maple using the higher setting. I've actually forgotten I had it on for 15 minutes and it did no damage to the floor. It can get really hot and will probably ruin less durable materials, but the two settings allow you work on various surfaces.
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Hi Sharon, if you are referring to a vinyl engineered laminate floor, and the floor is applied and sealed properly then yes you can use the Shark on the floor
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Hi Edward, There is a circular orange switch that is located on the lower right side of the machine. The forward position activates the roller-brush. I sometimes use the carpet/rug sweeper on the bare floors. It doesn't really hurt anything.
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Not at all. I have tile flooring so it doesn't move or leave marks if I was to take it down, I'm unsure about carpet
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Yes you can! A great feature this unit has is a brush on off switch which allows for great pick up on hard floors like tile. Just turn the brush off, lower the vacuum to the lowest height setting and you will be good to go!